LAKEVILLE Bluegrass gospel jamborees on tap The...

June 14, 2006

LAKEVILLEBluegrass gospel jamborees on tap The Bluegrass Under the Stars gospel jamboree will take place Saturday and on July 8, Aug. 26 and Sept. 16 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Lakeville United Methodist Church, 610 N. Michigan St. (U.S. 31), Lakeville. The event is co-sponsored by Lakeville United Methodist Church and Lakeville Lions Club. Freewill donations are welcome. People are encouraged to bring their own instruments and lawn chairs. For more information, call Howard at (574) 784-8666. CULVERFriends group plans two more book sales The Friends of the Culver-Union Township Public Library will have two book sales in the lower level of the Carnegie library building at 107 N. Main St. The Friends will open the store for a weekend sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday. A second sale is scheduled during the Taste of Culver festival at the library, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 8. GOSHENPumpkinvine family bike rides Saturday The Elkhart County Parks and Recreation Department will hold a "Barn to Ride" program Saturday. The seventh annual Pumpkinvine Family Bicycle Ride will also take place. Categories include the 22-, 42-, 65- and 102-mile loops, which begin at Abshire Park in Goshen. A naturalist will be discussing barn ecology at one of the "stop and go" points along the 15-mile loop, which begins in Shipshewana. Cost is $22/individual or $44/family. For more information, call the Elkhart County Parks Department at (574) 535-6458, or download a registration form from www.pumpkinvine.org. SOUTH BENDRinkside plans to be discussed The Howard Park/East Bank Neighborhood Association will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the Zion United Church of Christ, 715 E. Wayne St., South Bend, across from Howard Park. Guest speakers are Mike Keen, an Indiana University South Bend professor, and Dean Bergeman, an architect, who have formed Eco-Urban. They will discuss their proposed development for the Rinkside site. For additional information, call association secretary Karen Murphy Schefmeyer at (574) 288-6300, ext. 12. Bendix group plans June 21 luncheon The Bendix Bunch Luncheon Group will meet June 21 at 4 p.m. at Silver Tower restaurant, 1536 Lincoln Way W., South Bend. For more information or to make reservations, call Virginia Hendershot at (269) 684-0551 or Dorothy Overton at (574) 233-5806.